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Business Daily: On the Buses

30/12/2009

On the Buses

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Could buses be the solution to the mass transportation needs in the next decade?

We talk of trains for mass transit and cars for freedom of choice. So are buses the happy medium between the two? Hear bus tales from Bangkok and Sao Paulo. Plus, the man revamping the buses in Lagos.

Trains are often cited as the way forward for mass transport. Cars symbolise freedom of choice. But are we missing a trick if we ignore the humble bus? Steve Evans climbs aboard a red London double-decker to hear bus tales from Bangkok and Sao Paulo. And he chats to Kayode Opeifa, the man charged with revamping the bus system of Lagos.

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